COOPERS PLAINS | A student was arrested Monday after an incident at the BOCES Coopers Plains campus sent a deputy to the hospital, the Steuben Sheriff’s Office reported.

A school resource deputy on duty at the campus was alerted after two female students were involved in a physical altercation in the commons area, according to a press release.

One of the students involved in the fight, Bridgette E. Pierson, 18, of Bunker Hill Road, Addison, allegedly yelled profanities at the other student and tried to create a further disturbance as the deputy approached, the press release said.

As she was being handcuffed, Pierson allegedly tried to fight and resisted arrest until the deputy was able to subdue her.

The deputy was taken to Corning Hospital for treatment of a back injury he suffered during the altercation, the press release said.

Pierson was charged with second-degree assault, a felony; disorderly conduct, a violation, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.

She was arraigned in Addison Town Court and released.

She will appear in Campbell Town Court on May 12.

New York State Police and Steuben County Sheriff’s Deputies also responded to the scene.